Nobody will blame you for taking a break from the powder and hitting a pristine groomer.
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Character is deeply embedded in Aspen's history.
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Stepping up and stepping in for the deep powder at Aspen. Skier TJ David
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It's not an optical illusion: the snow is chest-high.
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Aspen is loaded up with snow, and TJ David loads up on powder turns.
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David Moszynski winds through the amazing glades on Highlands.
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We are having a blast!!

Lovely snow staying until it melts!

View of Aspen highlands from Aspen. For those coming to area for first time my opinion is Snowmass and Aspen highlands are better to ski than Aspen. Aspen has a lot of long run-outs on the skiers right side and many of the best trails feed you into the same valley run outs repeatedly All 3 have some great challenging terrain and real good conditions right now. Aspen lovers-don't hate, just my opinion

If u like steep/deep and glades try temerity off the top of Aspen highlands. Same for "possible" off the top of Snowmass but there is a short steep chute that is getting a little dicey to get there- worth it though cause the powder below is still pretty much untracked

Amazing powder conditions at aspen highlands. Snowed all day yesterday. The bowl is the place to be.

Pounds of powder in Aspen, February 2014
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Aspen has a powder problem right now... not a bad problem to have!
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Aspen/Snowmass received more than four feet of snow last week, a steady dusting this week and more storms approaching the horizon.
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This past fall, after years of living in Aspen, Darcy took up residence slope side in Snowmass. While she still considers herself primarily an Aspen Mountain skier, she's spending more time exploring her backyard hill like this pillowy line in Rock Island.
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The day after graduating Middlebury College, Darcy headed toward the bigger hills of Colorado, taking a job based in Boulder as a Film Tour Marketing Director for Warren Miller Entertainment.
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Besides plenty of time skiing inside the ropes of resorts, Darcy's main focus is backcountry touring - earning her turns in the wild snow of the Elk Range. She has completed the Elk Mountain Grand Traverse - an annual springtime overnight race through the high country connecting Aspen to Crested Butte. Learn backcountry techniques from her at the Aspen Expeditions Redstone Winter Festival ski mountaineering clinic this February 14-16!
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Revving up for a full day of skiing, Darcy savors a cup of joe on the deck of Sam's Smokehouse atop Snowmass Mountain.
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